Look up: reuse

1. Reuse
   To reuse is to use an item more than once. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function, and new-life reuse where it is used for a different function. In contrast, recycling is the breaking down of the used item into raw materials which are used to make new it...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuse
   
   
2. Reuse
   Using a product or component of municipal solid waste in its original form more than once; e.g., refilling a glass bottle that has been returned or using a coffee can to hold nuts and bolts.
   Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
   
   
3. Reuse
   To use a product repeteadly in the same form (e.g.: glass bottles, cloth diapers).
   Found on http://grn.com/library/gloss.htm
   
   
4. Reuse
   the act of using an item more than once. For example, many supermarkets now have carrier bags which you can use over and over again, and some businesses deliver goods in reusable plastic crates.
   Found on http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/nav/page60
   
   
5. reuse
   any operation by which packaging, which has been conceived and designed to accomplish within its life cycle a minimum number of trips or rotations, is refilled or used for the same purpose for which it was conceived, with or without the support of auxiliary products present on the market enabling th...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
6. reuse
   Multiple use of a product (often a form of packaging), by returning it to the manufacturer or processor each time. Many such returnable items are sold with a deposit which is reimbursed if the item is returned. Reuse is usually more energy- and resource-efficient than recycling unless there are large transport or cleaning costs
   Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency
   
   
7. reuse
   Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. Class libraries with intelligent browsers and application generators are...
   Found on http://foldoc.org/reuse
   
   
8. reuse
   the second pillar of the waste hierarchy
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of